Egg-candler.



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EGG OANDLER.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 2a, 1911.

Patented 001;. 17,1911. f

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EGG GANDLER. y APPLICATION PILED .TUN 28, 1911.

Patented 0st. 17, 1911.

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HENRY r.- FREISE; 0F one Mormon, MIssoUm.

EGG-CANDLER.

Specication of lLetters Patent.

. appncanmi mea :rune 23,1911. serial m. 635,812.

To all 'whom it, may concern.'

zen ofthe United States, residing at lOld Monroe, in the county of Lincoln and State of Missouri;` have invented certain new and useful Improvements' in Egg-Candlers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming 'a 'part hereof.

"' My invention has relation *"to improvements in egg candlers; and it consists in the novel details of construction`- more fully set forth in'thespecification and pointed out in the claims In the drawings, Figui-e1 is .al perspective of an open shipping-boxoregg-case show'- ing the manner of applyingmy invention;

'Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the Candler ready for operation Fig. 3 is a perspective case; Fig. 4 is a' perspective view showing the case closed; Fig. 5 is a front elevation of th'ej eandler when not in service; Fig. 6 4 is a.

top lplan of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the candler in service, parts beingfbroken,

away; and Fig. 8 is a 4view similar to Fig. 7 showing the supporting wing or plate swung into -po'sitionj'to p ermit the4 removal of the candled eggs. The object of my invention is'to construct acandler which can operateonamaximum number of eggs "atone tirne,=this number4 'representingthe contents of asingle filler in tory to shipment in the vpartition walls are provided withnotches n.

' shipping case provided -with a' atl the bottom ofthe case, said door when which eggs are usually 4deposited preparallers are packed.

A further object is to provide Va Candler which will effectively. exclude-all light ex- 'cept that intendedfor candlingpurposes; one-which shall be simple .in construction, i and. one possessing further and other invention, which isas follows Referring to the'draWin-gajl :represents a v'door 2 hinged' dropped allowing free accessito' the contents of the'ease (Fig. 1 The upper edgesof the end walls of the case and any `intermediate to receive the terminal bends' 3 5 of the latches 4 hinged to the straps earriedby the free edge of the door2, the top 6l beingnailed 1n place after the bends 3 have lbeen swung into' tom l() for the support o .member 10- (which may bottom) lisawing or apron 11 .having a extending in front of case which therear edge ofthe member l1;

-a filler-full lof eggs has c their respective notches n. In this way the Be 1t known that I, HENRYF Flmrsri,'cit1.V Y

door 2 can not open while the case is in transit. The iillers a, in which the eggs e are placed are separated by layers or sheets of cardboard c, the sheet c permitting an entire 4ratentefi oet. 17, 191i.'

filler with its. egg .contents to be picked up eggs as shown in Fig. 3. This filler full of eggs is now ready to be deposited into the Candler proper, which may be describedas follows: The candler comprises a box 8 open of legs 9, the box havin '-'a perforated botthe .eggs deposited thereon. vHinged to the frontedgeof the be termed a fixed front projectinll" 'the box whereby the wing'may be manip? ulated. When swungupwardly against the fixed bottom l()` the -eggs @normally projecti'ng below the bottom 1 0 during the candling operation (Fig. 7) arepicked up by said wing, the eggs now restingon -tle member 11. The inner face-of the drop bottom or wing 1l is provided with aglass or equiv-` infront and raised above the floor by means alent reiiecting'layer- 'al to reflect the'light rays from the lamp mwell against ythe bot In" its raised position the toms of the eggs.

drop-bottom or wing vIl 'fis automatically latch 12fthe fixed end. of I whichis secured to the back wall of the locked by a spring candlerbox- To drop the wing `(which falls when released from the latch) .ietracts vthe latch as quite obvious from the drawings, the lamp m being .so-positioned as toc'ome outside the range ofswe'ep of the the operatorA 95 The operation will now be readilyunder n AstQod from been picked up by the scoop 7 (Fig. 3),.

lthe description. vAssuming that- 1 the operator passes the scoop with its contents into the box 8,

and by .deftly withdrawing the. scoop, he deposits the filler a with itseggs e on the bots tom 10,'"the ope n ings f.0 ofsaid bettom al- `lowing lthe-eggs torestbn the drep-bottpm 11 (Figl'A 8'). member 11 down their 'considerable portion f' eachegg proJe'cting below said bottom 10. In actual practice,

- at the top, and provided with-,a fixed perforated bottom,m eans for illuminating the space beneathsaid bottom, andt a. movable bottom adapted to mbe. brought into prox the member 1l may first be dropped (Figs. 2, 7.)- and the filler a with its eggsdeposited directly on the perforated bottom l0, Vthe imperforate member 11 being left down during the candlingof the' eggs. The practice -of first dropping the member ll is perhaps the one to be preferred. The openf'ront and top of the box 8` permits an inspection of the eggswhile subjected to the light' of the lamp m, and any b d' eggs may be removed. The walls ofthe lfiller compartments serve to assist in excluding surrounding light from the several eggs,` so that the action of the lampj lightl isintensified. Afterthe eggs of any given filler; a have been candled, the

operator by -A'depressing -the front extension 11 of the dropmember 11 raises the member up against the bottom 10 (Fig..8) whereupon it automatically 'locksunder the action of the spring latch 12. A.The swinging of .the drop member 11 against the bottom 10 raises the 'eggs high 'enough Vto permit the passage of' the Vedge of the scoop-7 under' them without'injury to the eggs,th e curvature of4 the egg thus raised allowing the .r edge ofthe'scoop to dislodge it and pick the egg up; at the sametime the lscoop picks 'to the -xed bottom andto lift the ing an open' top and front and providedv with a perforatedbottom adapted to accommodate a filler of eggs, the openingsn said bottom allowing a material portion of'each egg to protrude below the bottom, a swinging imperforate drop-wing hinged along the front edge of the perforated bottom, and adapted to close against the under face of the bottom and raise the Veggsjsupported thereby, means for illuminating ,the space below' the eggs supported on the bottom, and

a latch for automatically locking thedropwing when swung to its raised position.-

)3. In an egg-Candler, a box provided with a perforated bottom provided with openings of suiiicient size to allow' for an exposure' of a ma'Ximumarea of the eggs beiow the bot` tom, and a number for raising the eggs suiiciently to. allow for their removal by a scoop passed along the .top surface ofthe bottom.

4. In anl egg-candle@ a box provided-with a perforated bottom, meansr for illuminating the space below the bottom, and a dropwing hinged to 'engage the under surface of the bot-tom and clearing the illuminating means in its sweep to and from the bottom.

5. In anegg-candler, a boX providedwith4 a perforated bottom, means for illuminating the space below said bottom, and a dropF wing hinged to engage the bottom portions vof the eggs'` projecting through the perforations of. the bottom and partially lift the eggs, the Lipper' face of the wing being provided withza reflecting surface.

6. In an"eggcandler, a box having a perforated bottom, a drop apron hinged along the front edge of the bottom and adapted to close against the bottom, the apron having a section on one side of the hinge-axis proje'cting beyond the front of the box, Whereby it mayfsbe manipulated by the operator. .In 'testimony whereof I affix my signature inpresence-of two witnesses. v ff; HENRY F. FREISE. Witnesses;

' -EMiL -STAREK,

FANNIE E. WEBER. 

